Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Job title: Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Location: Newport, Wales

Work Type: Permanent

As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor at Clancy, you will support the Quantity Surveyors and Senior Quantity Surveyors with a range of commercial aspects of local contacts to maximise profit and control costs.

What do I need to succeed?

• Process and produce transparent weekly and monthly cost value reconciliation process to ensure that accurate and timely information

• Capture and allocate all relevant costs and liabilities.

• Maintain long term relationships with internal and external teams for transfer of information within parameters to ensure that relationships are maintained to meet the needs of the business.

• Assist in managing opportunities and risks to the business ensuring deviations from working practice are identified and highlighted.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in the development of commercial tenders, offers and contracts and formal engagement with other companies.

• Identify and escalate inappropriate costs and continuously monitor which should be transferred between business streams and contract cost centres where necessary.

• Identify commercial risks ensuring they are escalated to the Quantity Surveyor for the purpose of submitting early warning notices where appropriate.

• Record and track insurance claims

• Ensure contract data and records are appropriately maintained and kept up to date

• Capture and report direct labour payments; assist in drafting and awarding sub-contracts and assessing tenders.

• Share learning and commercial best practice to encourage continuous improvement;

• Compliance with Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental policies, procedures and standards

• Compliance with Clancy driving standards policy.

• Relevant degree in construction or commercial management

What skills would I need for the role?

• Working in a complex team environment

• Experience of sub contractor management.

• Commercial awareness.

• Understanding of NEC3 forms of contract

• Thorough understanding of relevant construction and contract law

• Analytical and investigation skills

• Advanced excel skills

• Able to prioritise own workload

• Act in a truly collaborative fashion and inspire others to do the same

• Be proactive in identifying and promptly escalating issues as necessary

• Demonstrate resilience if there are setbacks

• Be accountable and take personal responsibility for resolving problems

• Constructively challenge

• Be trusted by all stakeholders to provide clear and unambiguous commercial information

• Promote a commercial team culture that works for all partners and respects & understands the commercial requirements of all stakeholders

What's my next step?

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you - please click the apply button and we'll be in touch shortly to discuss next steps.